Card-box.



No. 662,473. Patented Nov. 27, I900.

G. W. WEAVER, CARD BOX.

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No. 662,478. Patented Nov. 27, I900.

G. W. WEAVER.

CARD BOX.

(Application filed May 15, 1899.)

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GEORGE W. WEAVER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CARD-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 662,478, dated November27, 1900. Application filed May 15, 1899. oerial No. 716,957. (No modelsTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WEAVER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Card-Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to card-boxes. Its object is to provide meanswhereby cards may be held in a suitable casing in such a manner that theseparate cards may be easily moved for examination or may be removedfrom the casing or inserted therein with ease.

My invention consists of the devices and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a card-box embodyingmy'invention. Fig. 2 is a partial central section on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the parts in differentpositions from those shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11show different modifications of movable card-retaining devices embodyingmy invention. Figs. 12 and 13 show other modified forms of my invention.Fig. 14 shows a front elevation of a locking device upon a slidingblock. Fig. 15 shows a front elevation of the compressing device shownin Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 16 is a top plan view of a card-box embodyingmy invention having two compressing devices. Fig. 17 is a verticallongitudinal section on the "line 17 17 of Fig. lb. Fig. 18 is a topplan view of the second compressing device shown in Figs. 16 and 17before the same is bent into its proper form. Fig. 19 shows saidcompressing device in two different positions, and Fig. 20 is a view ofa card such as is employed in my device.

In the drawings, A is the casing or drawer, which is of any suitableform or dimensions to contain a series of suitable cards X. Each cardhas a perforation 00 near its edge and a slot as extending from saidperforation to the edge of the card, which slot is narrower than thewidth or diameter of the perforation.

From end to end in the drawer A is a wire or rod B, that is preferably,for simplicity of construction and ease in use, placed in the middleline of the drawer and near the bottom thereof. This rod is fastened tothe front end of the drawerfor instance, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 3-by being inserted through a perforation a in thedrawer end and has a downturned end I) that rests in a socket a in theouter side of the drawer-front. The rod B may therefore be insertedthrough the perforation a and through a similar perforation a in theback end of the drawer, as shown in Fig. 17. The rear end of the rod Bmay be threaded, and a nut B thereon on the outside of the drawer-casingserves to hold the rod in place and to take up its slackness if itshould stretch. By these arrangements a rod of small diameter may beemployed. In the present embodiment of my invention the rod B is thesupporting apparatus for a .series of card-retainers that may be aseries of beads or disks 0 strung upon the rod. The form shown in Figs.1, 2, 3, 16, and 17 is the simplest form of the disk-retainer hereinshown and is shown in Fig. 6 in elevation and in section. It is a disk0, beveled at the edge from. both sides and having a perforation o inits center through which the rod B is passed. The number of disks on therod is not great enough to occupyall the space between the inner facesof the front and rear ends of the drawer; but a certain amount of space,as desired, upon the rod is left unoccupied by disks, as shown, forinstance, in Fig. 3, and a clamping or compressing device is provided,operated either by hand or automatically, whereby the disks may bepressed tightly against each other and the whole series of retainers maybe held in a fixed position. If the compressing or holding device isdisengaged from action upon the heads, the beads may be separated, andit will be obvious t-hatacard,such as shown in Fig.20, may he slippedbetween any two contiguous beads, so that the rod B will pass throughthe slot or," and in to the center of the perforation 41;. If the beadsare somewhat smaller than the perforation w,the card may be movedbackward and forward freely, provided it isso guided by the bottom andsides of the drawer A that the perforation oz registers properly withthe position of the series of beads. It will also be clearthat a cardmay be inserted at any point in the drawer, because if the beads arefree to move slightly the card may pass between the beveled edges ofadjacent beads and will force the beads apart, and thus the card may bepushed down into place in the drawer. The beads should, of course, bewider than the slot and the rod B -or the supporting apparatus should benarrower than the slot.

In Figs. 2, 3, and 15 I show one form of compressing device for theheads, a wedging mechanism, whereby the cards are locked in the drawerwhen said compressing device is in operation. On the inner side of thefront of the drawer I arrange a vertical bar D, having slots d, throughwhich screws (1 may pass in order to fasten it to the inner face of thedrawer-front, and slot 01 through which the rod 13 passes. The bar D maytherefore be moved in aproper line (vertical in the drawings) againstthe face of the drawer-front. The bar D is bent outward, as at (1 toform a projection from the surface of the bar and in such a positionthat when the bar D is pulled upward into the position shown in Fig. 2the projecting portion d coming in contact with the adjacent disk of theseries on the rod B, forces all the disks of the series tightlytogether,and thus holding all the cardretainers in a fixed position, sothat the cards cannot be removed from the drawer; but when the bar ispushed downward into the position shown in Fig. 3 the projecting portiond is removed from engagement with the disks 0 and they may be moved uponthe rod B, releasing the card-retainers and permitting the removal ofcards. In order that the disks shall be forced together automaticallywhen ever the drawer C is closed, I provide upon the rail Y of thedrawer-container an angular guide y,which when the drawer is pushedfully in, as shown in Fig. 2, comes in contact with the lower end of thebar D and forces it upward, locking the disks in their card-retainingposition, so that if the drawer is pulled out after this action hastaken place and should be turned over or dropped the cards cannot fallout. I thus provide an automatic locking device for the card-retainers.The lower end of the rod B may be bent upward, if desired, into the formshown in Figs. 2 and 3 and may have a handle, as 61*, for moving it inorder to release the disks from compression. At the front end of thedrawerthere may be angular blocks A to support the cards in a tiltedposition, and as usual in devices of this character a sliding block A isemployed having a slot or perforation, for instance, corresponding inshape and position to the slot or and the perforation w of a card. Thisblock may be moved longitudinally in the drawer in order to limit themovements of cards held therein in a manner well known. The block isheldin place in the drawer by means of a sliding bar E, fixed upon the rearface of the block and adapted toslide up and down. Said bar has anopening whereby the bar may be moved to straddle or embrace the rod Bbetween any two adjacent disks C, as shown in Fig. 14. When the rodengages between two disks, it holds the block A in place. It is quiteobvious that a suitable locking device may be employed for the barE toprevent its movement. An additional rod G is employed, if desired,having its ends set in the ends of the casing, and the disk 0 has anotchin its upper edge in which the rod G rests, so that the cards may reston the rod, and the disks are prevented from turning on the rod B andimpairing the registry of the faces 0 A modified form of holding orcompressing device is shown in Figs. 16 and 17 and which may be usedeither alone or in addition to the bar D mentioned above. If used inaddition to said bar D, it is employed at the op-' posite end of theseries of disks in order to obtain a greater range of movement of thedisks when freed from its action, as shown in -l5ig. 17, and to permit aconsiderable number of cards to be removed from or to be inserted intothe drawer at once. This device is a flat bar F, (shown in Fig. 18,)having a short slot f near one end and a long slot f alongits middle.The two slots are separated by a narrow neck f The bar is then bent atright angles on each of the transverse lines f f f and, if desired, alsoon the line f*. It will be seen that the lines f and f cross the slots fand f, respectively. The bar then has the form shown in side view inFigs. 17, 18, and 19. The rod B passes through the slotsfand f, and thebar F may be tilted into the two positions shown in Fig. 19 withoutbeing disengaged from the bar 13. When the bar is tilted into theposition shown on the right in Figs. 19 and 17, the card-retainers areloose on the rod 13; but when the bar F is tilted into the positionshown on the left in Fig. 19 the length of the rod 13 available formovement of the disks thereon is much reduced.

Numerous modifications may be made in the forms of the card-retainersand of the supporting apparatus,and some of these modifications will nowbe described.

It is quite clear that the beads or disks may have different forms. Thecircular form (shown in Fig. 6) is desirable in many instances.

In Fig. et a disk is shown having beveled edges at the top and'bottomand having a transverse portion 0 running across the side or face of thedisk, with the faces of said portion parallel. Of course in the use ofthis form of the device the perforation corresponding to the perforationw in the card is made to correspond, if desired, in contour to that ofthe disk. The transverse band 0 with its parallel edges, permits easyinsertion of the cards and also prevents lateral movements thereof andforms, when the disks are set in the series, a flat continuous edge 0because the flat faces 0 set closely against each other. Hence the cardsin the drawer (if the width of the drawer is substantially that of thecards or enough wider to permit free movement) can be more easily movedbackward and forward in the drawer than when using IIO the form of diskshown in Fig. 6, which produces a kind of serrated edge when the seriesof disks are held together to form a rod.

In Fig. 5 the form of device shown in Fig. at is modified by theaddition of a projection 0 which fits against the beveled edge of thenext adjacent disk and is narrower than the width of the perforation 0through the disk and extends vertically upward therefrom. When the cardis inserted between two adjacent disks of this form, the projection 0passes through the slot m in the card and forms, as shown in Fig. 5,when the disks are compressed together, an uninterrupted edge on the topof the cards, so that the cards when tilted at the usual angle may restthereon and may be moved backward and forward more freely and with lesswear to the interior of the perforation 93 than is the case when thedisks are beveled, as shown in Fig. 6.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the perforation O is above the center of the disk inorder that the disks may not tilt and impair proper registry of the flatfaces 0 In Fig. 7 the same form of disk shown in Fig. 4 is employed, butwith a perforation that is comparatively large and contains a large rod13", that extends slightly above the level of the top edge of the disk,and hence the cards when lying at an angle, as shown in Fig. 2, willrest upon the top of the rod 8 and not upon the upper edge of the card.

In Fig. 8 the disk has a central perforation c and a narrower slot 0extending therefrom to the edge of the disk. The support is a bar havinga corresponding cross-section or a rod fitting in the perforation and aflat bar lying in the slot. The upper edge of the bar may extend abovethe upper edges of the disks for purposes above explained.

In Fig. 9 is shown the same form of disk as in Fig. 4; but the rod B istriangular in form and projects according to the same method asdescribed with reference to Fig. 7 above the upper edge of the disk andfor the same purposes.

In Fig. 10 the rod B is of T shape and the perforation through the diskis of corresponding form.

In Fig. 11 the disk may be of the form shown in Figs. 4, 5,.or 6 and hastwo perforations 0 in vertical alinement, and two rods 13 of the samecharacter as those hereinbefore described are employed as the supportingapparatus. The duplication of rods is for greater strength where largenumbers of cards are to be used in the drawer.

In Fig. 12 the same disk as shown in Fig. 4 is employed; but the seriesis supported by a fiat bar 13 extending upward from the bot tom of thedrawer, and is held thereon by a rod or bar Z2 resting in a notch in thetop edge of the disk. The latter rod Z1 is held and stretchedsubstantiallyin the same mannor as the rod B.

In Fig. 13 two guides or rods B Z2 are employed as the supportingapparatus and are same manner as the disks C and obviously accomplishthe same result in the same manner. When used with cards having asuitable perforation and a slot extending from the perforation to theedge of the card, whereby when a card is inserted the slot may pass overthe rod 13 and the rollers rest within the perforation, the rollers orcard-retainers may then be pressed together exactly as are the disks 0above described.

The locking device D and the supplemen tary device E are not essentialto the operation of my invention. It will be obvious that if a propernumber of card-retainers are employed the total amount of play may beonly sufficient for the insertion or withdrawal of, say, one or twocards at a time-J. 6., the total space between the retainers is equal tothe thickness of only one or two cards. Hence in case of accident or ifan attempt is made to withdraw more than two cards (either contiguous orseparated) at a time the cards will jam between the beveled edges of theretainers, and thus the release of any of them will be prevented. Inpractice this same result is obtained with from five to a dozencards,depending upon their thickness. The ends of the box or the lockingdevices D and E are means for limiting the movement of saidcardretainers.

IVhat I claim is- 1. In a card-box, a casing, aseries of cards eachhaving a perforation and a slot narrower than the width of theperforation and extending therefrom to the edge of the card, a series ofindependently-movable card-retainers each wider than the said slot butsmaller than said perforation, supporting apparatus narrower than saidslot for said card-retainers, and means for holding said series ofretainers in a fixed position.

2; In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of independently-movablecard-retainers each wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforation, a rod apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers, and means for holding said series of retainers in afixed position on said rod apparatus.

3. In a card-box, a casing, 21 series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than thewidth ofthe perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated heads, a rodpassing through all the perforations for supporting said beads, said rodbeing of lesswidth than said slot, and means for holding said series ofbeads in a fixed position on said rod.

at. In a card-box, a drawer, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower IIO than the widthof the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of independently-movablecard-retainers each wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforation, a supporting apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers, means for holding said series of retainers in a fixedposition, and means for automatically operating said means for holdingsaid cardretainers.

5. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extend ingtherefrom to the edge of the card, aseries of perforated beads, a rodpassing through all the perforations for supporting said beads, said rodbeing of less width than ,said slot, means for holding said series ofbeads in a fixed position, and means for automatically operating saidmeans for holding said beads.

6. In a card-box, a drawer, a series of cards each having a perforationand aslot narrower than. the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of independently-movablecard-retainers each wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforation, supporting apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers, means for holding said series of retainers in a fixedposition, and means for automatically operating said means for holdingsaid cardretainers.

7. In a card-box, a casing, a series of card each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated beads, eachhaving a face extending to its edge adapted to fit closely against theside of the adjacent bead t0 the edge thereof, a rod passing through allthe perforations for supporting said beads, said rod being of less widththan said slot, and means for holding said series of beads in a fixedposition on said rod.

8. In a card-box, a drawer, a series of cards each havinga perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated disks, eachhaving a face extending to its edge adapted to fit closely against theside of the adjacent retainer to the edge thereof, a rod passing throughall the perforations for supporting said disks, said rod being of lesswidth than said slot, means for holding said series of disks in a fixedposition on said rod, and means for automatically operating said meansfor holding said card-retainers.

9. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of independently-movablecard-retainers each Wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforation, a supporting apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers,

and a wedging device for compressing and holding said retainers closelytogether.

10. In acard-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand aslot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the cards, a series of independently-movablecard-retainers each wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforations, a rod apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers, and a wedging device for compressing and holding saidretainers closely together on said rod ap paratus.

11. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated beads, a rodpassing through all the perforations for supporting said beads, said rodbeing of less width than said slot, and a wedging device for compressingand holding said beads closely together on said rod.

12. In a card-box, a drawer, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of independently-movablecard-retainers each Wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforation, supporting apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers, means for holding said series of retainers in a fixedposition, means for automatically operating said means for holding saidcard-retainers, and a wedgin g device for com p ressing and holding saidretainers closely together.

13. In a card-box, acasing, aseries of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the Width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated beads, a rodpassing through all the perforations,for supporting said beads, said rodbeing of less width than said slot, and a wedging device for compressingand holding said beads closely together on said rod.

14. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each havinga perforationanda slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of independently-movablecard-retainers each wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforations, a supporting apparatus for said retainers narrower thansaid slot and a wedging device for compressing and holding saidretainers closely together on said rod.

15. In a card-box, a casing, a rod held longitudinally in saidcasing,and a series of beads strung on said rod, and a series of slottedcards adapted to be retained in said casing by said beads and rod.

16. In a card-box, the casing, the parallel rods held in said casing andthe series of beads supported by said rods, and a series of-slottedcards adapted to be retained in said casing by said beads and rods.

17-. In a card-box, the casing A, the rod B, held longitudinally in thecasing, the series of disks 0 strung on said rod, and the wedging deviceD on the inner side of the end of the casing and adapted to compress andhold the disks closely together.

18. In a card-box, the casing A, the rod B held longitudinally in thecasing, the series of disks 0 strung on said rod, the Wedging device Don the innerside of the end of the casing and adapted to compress andhold the disks closely together, and the sliding block A provided withmeans for engaging between disks of said series.

19. In a card-box, the casing A, the rod B, held longitudinally in thecasing, the series of disks 0 strung on said rod, the wedging device Don the inner side of the casing and adapted to compress and hold thedisks closely together, the sliding block A provided with means forengaging between disks of said series, and a supplementary device forincreasing the available range of movement ofthe disks on the rod.

20. In acard-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand aslot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of heads each havingaperforation intersecting the edge of the bead and anotherperforation,two rods passing through the perforations, for supportingand guiding the beads, said rods being each of less width than saidslot,and means for holding said series of beads in a fixed position withreference to said rods.

21. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the Width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of i ndependently-movablecard-retainers each wider than said slot butsmaller than saidperforation, supporting apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers, and means for limiting the movement of said retainers.

22. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the Width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge ofthe card, a series of inde pen dently-movablecard-retainers each Wider than said slot but smaller than saidperforation, a rod apparatus narrower than said slot for saidcard-retainers, and means for limiting the movement of said retainers.

28. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated heads, a rodpassing through all the perforations for supporting said beads, saidrods being of less width than said slot, and means for limiting themovement of said beads on said rod.

24. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated beads, eachhaving a face extending to its edge adapted to fit closely against theside of the adjacent head to the edge thereof a rod passing through allthe perforations for supporting said beads, said rod being of less widththan said slot, and means for limiting the movement of said beads onsaid rod.

25. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of beads each having aperforation intersecting the edge of the bead and another perforation,two rods passing through the perforalions, for supporting and guidingthe beads,

said rods being each of less width than said slot, and means forlimiting the movement of said beads with reference to said rods.

26. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the Width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of perforated heads, a rodpassing through all the perforations for supporting said beads, saidrods being of less width than said slot, means for limiting the movementof said beads on said rod, and a supplementary device for increasing therange of movement of the beads with reference to said rod.

27. In a card-box, a casing, a series of cards each having a perforationand a slot narrower than the Width of the perforation and extendingtherefrom to the edge of the card, a series of beads each havingaperforation intersecting the edge of the bead and another perforation,two rods passing through the perforations, for supporting and guidingthe beads, said rods being each of less width than said slot, means forlimiting the movement of said beads with reference to said rods, and asupplementary device for increasing the range of movement of the beadswith reference to said rods.

GEO. W. WEAVER. Witnesses:

O. M. PERKINS, F. BISSELL.

